Worldwide height variation explained
There's a lot of variation across the globe in average height. It looks like this (per OWID): Furthermore, there has been a significant increase in the last century: We also…
The gender equality ‘paradox’ and genetics
There's a number of studies that find that egalitarian cultural values correlates with larger not smaller actual measured sex differences. These are the first major studies using large international surveys:…
Secular changes in race differences in height: a mystery
Be sure to participate in the 2022 reader survey if you didn't already! Some days ago I came across this study: Rashad, I. (2008). Height, health, and income in the…
Beware small biases: the case of height
See prior post on self vs. other measurements of personality for a similar take. Height is the favorite trait in 'behavioral' genetics: it's easy, fast and cheap to measure, continuous…
Regression towards genetic set point: the case of MZ and DZ height in infancy/early childhood
Wilson, R. S. (1976). Concordance in physical growth for monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Annals of Human Biology, 3(1), 1-10. Heights and weights were analysed for 636 twins who had been…